Dish-washer.



M. DA 8. DUARTE DISH WASHER.

1 APPLICATION FILED SEPT. II. 1917.

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Patented. Julia 2, 191%.

Application filed September 11, 1917. Serial No. 190,818.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARIA DA SILVEIRA DUARTE, a citizen of Portugal, and a resident of Brookline, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have inventedanew and Improved Dish-Washer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion.

My invention relates to dishwashers. An object of the invention is to provide a simple, convenient and inexpensive contrivance which can be easily manipulated and which is not bulky.

Another object of the invention is to provide a dishwasher which contains a revoluble container for the dishes to be washed and having compartments to prevent accidental damage to the dishes during the washing. With the ,above and other objects in View, the nature of which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of the application, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a dishwasher embodying my invention;

Fi 2 is an end elevation showing th e. cover raised and Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, 5 is an openwork cylindrical basket formed of galvanized wire. It is separated into a number of cylindrical compartments 6, of dilierent, sizes, by cross wires 7. Each of these compartments is adapted to receive a plate 8, as shown, the wider compartments being for the deeper dishes and the narrow compartments for shallow dishes. The cross members 7 prevent the dishes in one compartment-from entering another compartment. Access to the compartments is controlled by a semicylindrical cover 9 hinged to one of the longitudinal wires forming the basket. Fasteners 10 are provided on the main body of the basket to grip the cover and lock the dishes within the basket.

At one end of the basket there may be an extension which is subdivided into two semicylindrical compartments 11 to which access is obtained from the end of the compartment by means of doors or traps 12 which are hinged on a diametrical bar 13 and which can be secured to a diametrical bar 14 disposed at right angles to the bar 13 by means of fasteners 15 carriedjby the doors 12. These semicylindrical compartments are adapted to accommodate crockery or similar dishes.

. Some of the longitudinal wires of the bas- @5 ket are provided with extensions 16 project ing preferably beyond the end of the basket so as to form legs on which the structure may be supported in a vertical position. in addition, each end wall is provided with an extension 17 coaxial with the basket. These extensions are adapted to bear in recesses 18 of a wire support, or supports, 19. These supports are shaped so as to clear the legs 16. One of the extensions 17 has a loop 20 to facilitate the manipulation of the basket in supports 18, or otherwise.

By forming the basket into two sections, one having compartments accessible from I the periphery and the other having com- 39 partments accessible fromthe ends, different sizes of dishes may be accommodated in the contrivance and the washing is greatly facilitated, because the basket may be re- =volved while hot water runs over the dishes 35 Fig. 3 is a cross section on. line therein.

For drying the dishes the basket may be left on the supports 18, the water being free to run off or drop off through the openwork of the basket. It can be eft hanging (in-M the eye 20 or supported by file legs 16. The compartment for the plates is accessible, as previously described, by the cover 9; and the compartment for the cups and saucers is accessible through the doors in the ends of the compartments 11. The basket with the dishes can also be dipped into a cleaning solution, thereby cleansing the dishes.

I claim:

1. In a dish washer, a cylindrical basket 1% comprising a series of circular rings, bracing wire members for the rings disposed diametrically of each ring, wire members unit ing all of said rings through one-half of their curvature and a Wire cover for engaging the other half of the rings curvature.

.2. In a dish washer, a cylindrical basket. comprising a series of circular rings each braced in the plane of same, means connecting all of said rings and maintaining the same 111 spaced parallel relation whereby from the periphery, and a cover adapted to engage the periphery of the rings for con-- trolling access to the compartments formed by said rings.

MARIA DA SILVEIRA DUARTE. 

